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Friday, May 1, 2009

Miriam Mirri was born in Bologna in 1964. She lives and works in Milan. She graduated at the Advanced School for Anatomic Design and studied communication and design at the Università del Progetto. Mirri spent time in London with Nigel Coates, then returned to Italy. Between 1993 and 1999, she was a design assistant to Stefano Giovannoni. She has worked as an independent industrial designer since 2000. Mirri has collaborated with companies like Alessi, HaagenDazs, Henkel, United Pets, Coop, Rasch, Sigg, Meritalia, and Euro3Plast. She has been awarded the Fritz Henkel Award for Innovation. Visit Miriam Mirri’s web presence here.

Older Alessi catalog entry for the Rudi cup.

Rudi cup entry from the 2009 Alessi catalog.

The Rudi bowl with lid is part of Alessi’s “Family Follows Fiction” collection. It is supposedly a kids bowl but come on, I use it. Made of PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), the bowl is 15 cm tall, 18 cm at greatest length, and 12 cm deep. It holds 61 cL. The Rudi bowl comes in both blue and orange. They are still available for $3o at Fitsu and other outlets.